1938] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 15 
Cocoa plants (Theobroma cacao L.) : See order of December 3, 1925. as 
amended by that of February 13, 1932, p. 26. 
Cotton (Gossypium spp.), plants or parts thereof in the dry or green state, 
ginned or ungimied cotton, cottonseed, soil or compost, packing or containers, 
and seeds, plants, etc., capable of harboring the pink bollworm, especially 
Hibiscus cannabinus, H. esculentus, and Bauhinia: See order of February 22, 
1926, p. 32. 
Coffee plants (Coffea spp. ). berries or seeds: S'ee order of May 19, 1924, to 
prevent the introduction of coffee rust (Hemileia vastatrix B. and Br.), p. 20. 
Coffee plants {Coffea spp.), and parts thereof, dry or fresh beans, beans in 
parchment, hulled beans (fresh or unroasted), soil and composts, containers, and 
plants capable of harboring the coffee-berry borer {Stephanodcres hampei Hag.), 
especially Hibiscus and Rubus: See order of February 27, 1922, p. 28. 
Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) : See order of December 3. 1929, p. 34. 
Correction: Page 5, under the item "Cotton," the date of the order should be 
February 22, 1926. 
Insert in "Contents" page after "Equatorial Africa" the item 
"Guadeloupe , 4 a." 
Lee A. Strong. 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
B. E. P. Q. 467. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, AUSTRALIAN TERRITORY OF PAPUA 
January 14, 1938. 
This summary of the plant-quarantine import restrictions of the Australian 
Territory of Papua has been prepared for the information of nurserymen, plant- 
quarantine officials, and others interested in the exportation of plants and plant 
products to that Territory. 
It was prepared by Harry B. Shaw, plant quarantine inspector in charge of 
foreign information service, Division of Foreign Plant Quarantines, from the 
Plants' Diseases Ordinance 1911, as amended, the Cotton Ordinance 1925, and 
proclamations and regulations promulgated thereunder, and reviewed by the 
director of agriculture of Papua. 
The information contained in this circular is believed to be correct and com- 
plete up to the time of preparation, but it is not intended to be used inde- 
pendently of, nor as a substitute for, the original texts, and it is not to be 
interpreted as legally authoritative. 
Lee A. Strong. 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, AUSTRALIAN TERRITORY OF PAPUA 
Basic Legislation 
[Plants' Diseases Ordinance. No. 28. November 20. 1911. Plants' Diseases Ordinance No 
17, November 25, 1913. Cotton Ordinance, No. 11, September S, 1925 J 
Summary 
importation prohibited 
Coffee seed (Coffea spp.) : Importation prohibited, except when obtained bv 
or through the director of Agriculture. (Statutory Rules, No. 10, May 8, 1929, 
p. 7.) 
Tobacco seed (Xicotiana tabacum L.) : Importation prohibited, except when 
obtained by or through the director of agriculture. (Statutory Rule No. 4 of 
April 9, 1934.) 
Bananas, banana plants {Musa spp.) or parts thereof: Importation prohibited. 
(Proclamation of May 23. 1927, p. 8.) 
Living palms, ornamentals, and fruit trees and any living part thereof except 
the seeds: Importation from the Malay Archipelago prohibited. (Proclamation 
of February 8, 1932.) 
